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I love the story of an underdog. And nothing screams that more than a guy going undrafted and becoming a great player. I was thinking about this though, and started to ask myself who are the greatest undrafted players ever?

John Randle a Hall of Fame DT with 556 tackles, 137.5 sacks, 6 all pro selections, an all decade team selection, and an interception was left off the list.

No idea how I left Randle off. I really dropped the ball on that one for sure.

I'm not sure if someone like Drew Pearson would qualify, but to go from undrafted to being as important as he was to those Cowboys teams is pretty special.

Joe Perry was also a special talent that held the rushing record at the time of his retirement.

Ohhhh and another one I totally dropped the ball with is Willie Brown. Recorded 54 interceptions and made it to 9 pro bowls and the HOF after going undrafted.

And maybe I'm a little biased but I also forgot Jessie Tuggle, maybe I'm biased because he's a Falcon but he went undrafted and wound up with 6 interceptions, over 1,600 tackles, and 21 sacks.

Some of these guys may NOT belong I'm just putting some names out there for discussion.

Also, sorry about putting this in the wrong section earlier I was unsure. Thanks for moving it though.

It's alright, I understand how you can miss a guy or two as the only reason I remembered he was an undrafted player was from watching the 98 Vikings Americas Game Missing Rings episode. As for the question Kurt Warner might be my answer, really can't go wrong with anyone on the list but him and Randle are 1A and 1B for me _________________

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